Diversity
Female of Osmia (Hoplosmia) spinulosa (Kirby, 1802) entering her nest in an empty snail shell of Helicella (left); opened nest of the same species with two brood cells, each closed by a partition of chewed green leaves. Fotos A. Müller.
On a worlwide scale, the extant osmiine bees are currently grouped in 15 different genera and 56 non-nominotypical subgenera comprising 1116 described species (Michener, 2007; Praz et al., 2008b; Sedivy et al., 2008; Ungricht et al., 2008; Ascher & Pickering, 2014). In the Palaearctic, 10 genera, 34 non-nominotypical subgenera and 655 described species occur. Below are listed the species numbers for the osmiine genera and subgenera worldwide (left figure) and in the Palaearctic (right figure), respectively.
Ashmeadiella Cockerell 58/-
Arogochila Michener 18/-
Ashmeadiella Cockerell 34/-
Chilosima Michener 2/-
Cubitognatha Michener 1/-
Isosmia Michener & Sokal 3/-
Atoposmia Cockerell 27/-
Atoposmia Cockerell 9/-
Eremosmia Michener 16/-
Hexosmia Michener 2/-
Bekilia Benoist 1/-
Chelostoma Latreille 55/46
Chelostoma Latreille 14/14
Eochelostoma Griswold 1/1
Foveosmia Warncke 26/18
Gyrodromella Michener 8/8
Prochelostoma Robertson 5/4
Subgenus uncertain 1/1
Haetosmia Popov 6/5
Heriades Spinola 138/23
Amboheriades Griswold 11/-
Heriades Spinola 58/6
Michenerella Krombein 34/16
Neotrypetes Robertson 14/-
Pachyheriades Griswold 5/-
Rhopaloheriades Griswold 1/1
Toxeriades Griswold 1/-
Tyttheriades Griswold 1/-
uncertain 13/-
Hofferia Tkalcu 2/2
Hoplitis Klug 403/327
Alcidamea Cresson 82/65
Anthocopa Lepeletier & Serville 96/75
Chlidoplitis Griswold 9/9
Eurypariella Tkalcu 2/2
Formicapis Sladen 4/4
Hoplitis Klug 100/100
Jaxartinula Popov 2/2
Kumobia Popov 4/4
Megahoplitis Tkalcu 2/2
Micreriades Mavromoustakis 11/11
Pentadentosmia Warncke 22/22
Platosmia Warncke 10/10
Proteriades Titus 35/-
Robertsonella Titus 3/-
Stenosmia Michener 15/15
Tkalcua Kocak & Kemal 4/4
Subgenus uncertain 2/2
Ochreriades Mavromoustakis 2/1
Osmia Panzer 356/214
Allosmia Tkalcu 11/11
Cephalosmia Sladen 5/-
Diceratosmia Robertson 11/-
Erythrosmia Schmiedeknecht 4/4
Euthosmia Sinha 1/-
Hapsidosmia Rightmyer, Griswold & Brady 1/-
Helicosmia Thomson 73/69
Hemiosmia Tkalcu 8/8
Hoplosmia Thomson 21/21
Melanosmia Schmiedeknecht 136/20
Metallinella Tkalcu 1/1
Nasutosmia Griswold & Michener 3/3
Neosmia Tkalcu 10/10
Osmia Panzer 27/25
Pyrosmia Tkalcu 32/32
Tergosmia Warncke 8/8
Trichinosmia Sinha 1/-
Subgenus uncertain 2/2
Othinosmia Michener 13/-
Afrosmia Griswold 1/-
Megaloheriades Peters 7/-
Othinosmia Michener 5/-
Protosmia Ducke 31/29
Chelostomopsis Cockerell 4/3
Dolichosmia Griswold 1/-
Nanosmia Griswold 13/13
Protosmia Ducke 11/11
Subgenus uncertain 2/2
Stenoheriades Tkalcu 12/5
Wainia Tkalcu 11/2
Caposmia Peters 8/2
Wainia Tkalcu 2/-
Wainiella Griswold 1/1
Xeroheriades Griswold 1/-
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Total number of genera 15/10
Total number of subgenera 56/34
Total number of species 1116/655
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